Topic: Land / Air / Water / Noise Pollution
According to the World Health Organization, air pollution is most severe in urban, low and middle-income countries in Southeast Asian and the Eastern Mediterranean with the most polluted cities being in India. This article discusses where the most polluted cities are, what leads to air pollution, and why it has become such a big issue in these cities. In many cities, the high level of air pollution is due to the small amount of regulations on air pollution. Because there is no control, the air pollution gets out of hand and to levels that are dangerous. In Vietnam, road traffic accounts for most of the air pollution and the use of motorbikes has made it worse. In order to minimize their effect, Vietnam has places a tax on motorbikes and plans to make new metro lines. Many other countries have started to place regulations to control air pollution in attempt to have cleaner air, avoid deaths caused by air pollution, and help the environment and other important populations. I think that more countries need to follow the initiatives placed by countries such as China and Vietnam. China used to have the most heavily air polluted cities but has been able to decrease the amount of air pollution and take some of their cities off of the list of most heavily air polluted by passing and enforcing laws that controlled emissions and air pollution. Vietnam is another example discussed in the article. I think that more countries, primarily India, should take the same action in order to improve air quality in cities with heavy air pollution. It is important to find the source of the air pollution and then do whatever is possible to cut down the source in order to decrease air pollution. In Vietnam, a huge cause was motorbikes so the federal government started placing taxes on them and making efforts to create public transportation in order to diminish the use of motorbikes and therefore decrease air pollution. Based on the examples provided in the article, I completely agree that the governments of countries should enforce laws and restrictions in order to decrease air pollution.
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